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Intel logo Xeon E3-1280
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Intel logo Xeon E5540

Intel Xeon E3-1280 logo Intel Xeon E5540 logo
General information Xeon E3-1280 Xeon E5540
Launched Q2 2011 Q3 2009
Used in Server Server
Factory Intel Intel
Socket LGA1155 LGA1366
Clock 3.5 GHz 0 % 2.5 GHz 28.6 %
Turbo Clock 3.9 GHz 0 % 2.8 GHz 28.2 %
Cores 4 0 % 4 0 %
Threads 8 0 % 8 0 %
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 95 W 0 % 80 W 15.8 %
Performance Xeon E3-1280 Xeon E5540
Overall Score 43555 0 % 36545 16.1 %
Future Proof 24 % 0 % 14 % 41.7 %
Benchmark Score 3599 0 % 1784 50.4 %
Single Thread Score 1811.2 0 % 1194.6 34 %
Encrypting Data 1702 MB/s 58.4 % 4090.6 MB/s 0 %
Compressing Data 93.2 MB/s 0 % 60.5 MB/s 35 %
String objects sorting 13925.1 thousand/s 0 % 7872.5 thousand/s 43.5 %
Prime numbers generation 25 millions/s 0 % 19.9 millions/s 20.5 %
Mathemathic operations (integer) 21584 millions/s 0 % 15069.9 millions/s 30.2 %
Mathemathic operations (float) 8116.7 millions/s 0 % 6353.5 millions/s 21.7 %

Comparison of average FPS

Comparison of average FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for Xeon E3-1280, Xeon E5540.

Average frames per second Xeon E3-1280 Xeon E5540
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 84.2 FPS 63.4 FPS
High settings 134.7 FPS 101.4 FPS
Medium settings 168.4 FPS 126.7 FPS
Low settings 210.5 FPS 158.4 FPS
Difference 0 % 24.7 %

Grand Theft Auto V Frames per second

Comparison of FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) in game 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for Grand Theft Auto V.

Grand Theft Auto V Xeon E3-1280 Xeon E5540
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 127.8 FPS 115.2 FPS
High settings 204.4 FPS 184.4 FPS
Medium settings 255.5 FPS 230.5 FPS
Low settings 319.4 FPS 288.1 FPS
Difference 0 % 9.8 %
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